and the transient effects of color. Bells ringon Inchcape Rock: someone’s dying of famine.Colored strands of stringwith knots mean: a new roadhas been carved, or we’re a thousand miles away,

send food. These cordswere carried by swift runners;the Incans never developed a system of writing.A letter takes a weekto cross the distance of six states.

Inclinometers measure the anglebetween now and when I’ll see you next:a dangerous degree. When saying goodbye,is it easier to be the one who stayson the ground or the one who flies away?

A plane appears at an inclineto the horizon. As the inkof another Iowa day runs dry,two farmers, like the workman picturedon this page, load a trailer. They roll

the cargo the length of the slope, drivea highway that winds up the hillside.Making use of a plank—weight timesthe greatest imaginable distanceof a board—should equal less work.

from VOL 4, NO. 1

little jesus

a large statue of a baby jesuswill make your house look smalleven if it’s christmas even if it’s notthere are many missions in california in los angeles I still haven’t learned spanish like a prayer forgive mefor taking the baby jesus for a ridein my little red wagon if I were to talkI’d say something wrong and wouldn’t get homeI’d like to go you can bet on thatin this nativity scene the shepherd has lostan arm the sheep are old and cracked